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What Changed

Adds a Mute new browser previews switch to Settings → Integrations → Browser (off by default). When it's on, new preview tabs start muted. The per-tab mute button from #7252 still toggles individual tabs.

  • browserMuteNewPreviews client setting (contracts), wired into reset-to-defaults and settings search like the other browser defaults.
  • DesktopPreviewTabDefaults / createTab IPC input gain an optional audioMuted, passed through preload → IPC → PreviewManager.createTab, which seeds the tab's audioMuted.

Why

Agents and users open lots of preview tabs, and autoplaying media is noisy. Muting each tab by hand gets old. The value is sent with the existing createTab defaults (the same path zoom and color scheme take). Because the page can start loading before the renderer registers the webview, the main process also mutes every preview guest on did-attach-webview. registerWebview then applies the tab's own mute, so a muted-by-default tab never makes sound and unmuted tabs are unmuted as soon as they register. The field is optional, so an older renderer keeps the current unmuted behavior.

UI Changes

One new switch row at the bottom of the Browser section, matching the "Auto-show floating preview" row above it.

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  • This PR is small and focused
  • I explained what changed and why
  • I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes
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  • New Features
    • Added a browser setting to start new preview tabs muted. It’s off by default and can be changed in Integrations settings.
    • New previews follow the selected setting, while each tab’s mute toggle remains available as an override.
    • Added the setting to settings search and restore-to-defaults options.

Adds "Mute new browser previews" to Settings → Integrations → Browser.
When on, new preview tabs are created muted; the per-tab mute toggle
still overrides.

The mute rides along with the existing createTab defaults (zoom and
color scheme), so the guest is muted from creation and never plays
audio before the setting applies.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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tabId: DesktopPreviewTabIdSchema,
zoomFactor: Schema.optional(Schema.Number.check(Schema.isGreaterThan(0))),
colorScheme: Schema.optional(DesktopPreviewColorSchemeSchema),
audioMuted: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),

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🟡 Medium src/ipc.ts:1029

When createTab receives audioMuted: true, the guest can emit audio before it is muted, so autoplay audio is not reliably suppressed. audioMuted is only applied later by registerWebview via wc.setAudioMuted, after the <webview> has a src and asynchronous lease.ready; apply the mute during guest attachment before navigation instead.

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When `createTab` receives `audioMuted: true`, the guest can emit audio before it is muted, so autoplay audio is not reliably suppressed. `audioMuted` is only applied later by `registerWebview` via `wc.setAudioMuted`, after the `<webview>` has a `src` and asynchronous `lease.ready`; apply the mute during guest attachment before navigation instead.

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Fixed in 4e5ba01. Preview guests are now muted in the main process on did-attach-webview, before the guest navigates, and registerWebview then applies the tab's committed mute (unmuting tabs that should be audible). That closes the window between guest attach and registration.

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return {
zoomFactor: defaults.zoomFactor,
colorScheme: defaults.appearance,
audioMuted: defaults.muteNewPreviews,

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🟡 Medium browser/browserDefaults.ts:107

The web test suite now fails because browserDefaultTabState adds audioMuted: false under default settings, while desktopTabLifetime.test.ts still asserts that createTab receives only zoomFactor and colorScheme at lines 70 and 130. Update those toHaveBeenCalledWith expectations to include audioMuted: false.

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The web test suite now fails because `browserDefaultTabState` adds `audioMuted: false` under default settings, while `desktopTabLifetime.test.ts` still asserts that `createTab` receives only `zoomFactor` and `colorScheme` at lines 70 and 130. Update those `toHaveBeenCalledWith` expectations to include `audioMuted: false`.

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Fixed in 4e5ba01: updated the createTab expectations in desktopTabLifetime.test.ts and HostedBrowserWebview.test.tsx (the latter had the same stale assertion).

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR adds a persisted Browser setting that changes new preview-tab behavior and propagates it through the desktop IPC and preview runtime, so it is a product-default change rather than a non-runtime edit. Unresolved findings also identify a possible pre-mute audio window and stale tab-creation test expectations.

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Walkthrough

A new client setting controls whether browser preview tabs start muted. Its value flows through browser defaults and preview creation IPC to initialize each new tab’s audio state. Newly attached guests are muted before registration applies the tab’s mute setting.

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Preview mute setting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configure mute defaults
packages/contracts/src/settings.ts, apps/web/src/browser/browserDefaults.ts, apps/web/src/browser/browserDefaults.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/IntegrationsSettings.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
The browserMuteNewPreviews setting defaults to false. Browser defaults map it to the new-tab audio state. Integrations settings provide a switch and reset action; settings restore, changed-setting labels, and search include the setting.
Apply mute defaults during preview creation
packages/contracts/src/ipc.ts, apps/desktop/src/preload.ts, apps/desktop/src/ipc/methods/preview.ts, apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.ts, apps/web/src/browser/HostedBrowserWebview.test.tsx, apps/web/src/browser/desktopTabLifetime.test.ts
Preview creation accepts and forwards an optional audioMuted value. The preview manager uses it to initialize new tabs, which otherwise remain unmuted. Tests expect the default value to be passed during creation.
Mute guests on attachment
apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopWindow.ts, apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopWindow.test.ts
Newly attached guests are muted. The test checks that the first mute call sets the guest to muted.

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Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant BrowserDefaults
  participant PreviewCreateTab
  participant PreviewIPC
  participant PreviewManager
  participant DesktopWindow
  BrowserDefaults->>PreviewCreateTab: provide audioMuted default
  PreviewCreateTab->>PreviewIPC: send audioMuted in payload
  PreviewIPC->>PreviewManager: pass audioMuted option
  DesktopWindow->>DesktopWindow: mute guest on attachment
  PreviewManager->>PreviewManager: apply tab mute setting during registration
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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 4e5ba

The preference is off by default and lets new previews start muted when enabled, while preserving the existing per-tab mute control. No actionable merge risk remains in the reviewed change.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4e5ba

The new preference changes audio behavior for preview tabs without adding a new capability or broadening access. The initial mute is reconciled with each tab’s own setting, although the wider security review is incomplete.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The new input affects the initial audio state of the addressed tab; the temporary attachment mute applies to newly attached guests of the desktop window. No new data-store, service, or credential authority is evident in the changed flow.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The renderer-supplied creation value is schema-validated as an optional boolean at the existing IPC boundary. Before associating a guest with a tab, registration checks lifecycle generation, content type, and host ownership.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — If registration does not complete after attachment, the new initial guest mute remains the fail-safe audio state; a successful registration applies the tab’s committed preference.
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- Line 2128: Keep the guest on about:blank during initial creation; update the
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Comment thread apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.ts
A new preview's page can start loading before the renderer registers
the webview, which is where the tab's mute is applied, so a muted-by-
default tab could briefly play audio. Mute every guest on
did-attach-webview; registerWebview then applies the tab's committed
mute, unmuting tabs that should be audible.

Also update createTab expectations for the new audioMuted default.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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The new Browser switch and start-muted behavior have no before/after images or recorded check, and the PR reports no executed test results. Closing under verification. Add the UI comparison, show a new preview starting muted and the per-tab override working, and report focused check results before requesting reconsideration. Configuring the existing mute capability can fit the guide; the gap here is evidence.

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